H.L. Mencken

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Governors Awards — or as Martin Short called them, the "highest honor an actor can receive ... in mid-November" — were presented Saturday evening in Hollywood. And Short's joking comment aside, the evening made for a heartfelt tribute to three movie legends — Steve Martin, Angela Lansbury and Italian costume designer Piero Tosi — picking up honorary awards for their body of work, as well as Angelina Jolie, winner of the academy's Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. Academy members filled the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center, schmoozing during a relaxed cocktail reception...

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